The two officials did not discuss currency issues during their meeting in Bari , southern Italy, Aso told reporters after the talks, held on the fringe of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank heads from Friday.

Front-month prices fell 4.8% to $45.52/bbl on Thursday. US shale driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. posted its first quarterly profit since 2014 and braced shareholders for a production surge in the second half of the year as new natural gas and oil wells come online.

During the same quarter previous year, the company earned $0.58 EPS. Media coverage about Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) has been trending somewhat negative this week, according to Alpha One Sentiment. Analysts reviewing Brookdale Senior Living Inc. have recently updated their recommended buy/sell ratings and price targets on the stock. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $12.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $13.39.

An OPEC-led agreement to cut global oil supplies is now due to end in June, although Saudi Arabia and other producers in the group of OPEC and non-OPEC states have indicated curbs could be extended to the end of 2017 or beyond. Economists were anticipating a drop of 2 million barrels, according to Bloomberg. Prices surged after that deal, but have come under pressure in recent weeks as US production has climbed, undermining OPEC-led efforts to balance supply with demand.

If you look at the company's income statement over the past years, you will see that the company is constantly posting gross profit: In 2014, SYF earned gross profit of 0, in 2015 0 gross profit, while in 2016 Synchrony Financial ( SYF ) produced 0 profit.

These projections were contingent on the United Kingdom achieving a "smooth Brexit" from the European Union, said the BoE. It said growth had fallen "markedly" in the first quarter and added a "slowdown appeared to be in train". Most BoE rate-setters, who were wrong-footed by the resilience of Britain's consumers in 2016 following the European Union referendum shock, want more time to see how the economy copes before considering a change in record-low rates.

Merkel has already publicly backed Macron's call for a new European investment program to boost growth within the bloc. "We are happy to think about joint investment programmes because Germany also needs to catch up in the digital field", Merkel told a media function while campaigning on Thursday for Sunday's election in the western German state of North Rhine Westphalia.

Meanwhile, Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, is up 1.9% at $49.89 per barrel on Wednesday, and has lost 12.4% this year. In the report, OPEC pointed to continued high compliance by its members with the supply cut deal and said oil stocks in industrialised nations fell in March - although they are still 276 million barrels above the five-year average.

Growth slowed sharply to 0.3% in the first three months of the year from 0.7% in the previous three months. The increased cost of importing products into the United Kingdom is the main factor pushing up CPI, which the Bank now expects to reach 2.8% at the end of 2017, slightly higher than the February forecast of 2.7%.

The point is no one can wait to find out what happens on this Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Live because it looks like McCarthy conducted a few improvised interviews while taking her newly famous character to the streets. Seriously - McCarthy nails this particular gig with her biting impersonation of the snappy, scattered White House official. It's unclear what the skit covers, but McCarthy already poked fun at Spicer reportedly hiding in the bushes for this week's promo.

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul and South Korea's National Intelligence Service can not be reached by the Reuters for comment. The ministry termed the assassination plot as "the most vicious challenge and the declaration of a war" against the North and warned that it will not tolerate such "evil" plots hatched by the "dishonest hostile forces".

Kim Hak Song , who worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology , was detained on Saturday, the North's KCNA news agency said. Kim's wife said her husband had been teaching agricultural techniques at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.

CIBC reduced their target price on shares of Franco Nevada Corp from C$105.00 to C$95.00 in a research report on Thursday. TD Securities reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Franco Nevada Corp in a research report on Wednesday. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a $0.23 dividend. This is a positive change from Franco Nevada Corp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22.

The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals for Saudi Arabia totaling more than $100bn, a senior White House official said on Friday, a week ahead of Donald Trump's planned visit to Riyadh. The package is being developed to coincide with Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia. The news comes just before President Donald Trump is scheduled to go to the Middle Eastern country on May 19 as part of his first foreign trip as commander in chief.

Mr Trump, while sitting beside Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in NY before their bilateral meeting on Thursday, praised Australia's healthcare system. "Premiums are going to come down substantially", Trump said. "It was very, very warm as I said more family than formal". President Trump admitted that the phone conversation turned testy when he was reluctant to honor the promise Obama made.

The statute of limitations for reckless endangerment charges is up today, the second anniversary of the derailment. The train, carrying 238 passengers and 8 crew members, derailed on a curve while travelling on tracks in Philadelphia . In particular, prosecutors said, there is not enough evidence to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that when Bostian sped into the Frankford Junction curve, he was consciously ignoring the risk of the action.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries had a net margin of 1.50% and a return on equity of 17.46%. 4/6/2017 - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries was given a new $43.00 price target on by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, June 5th will be issued a $0.34 dividend.

Instead of throwing tens of millions of people off health insurance , we must guarantee health care as a right to all . This is an irresponsible and costly move that will do little more than create instability in the insurance market and greatly reduce the ability of small business owners, their employees and self-employed Americans to obtain health coverage.

As the flight from Dallas prepared to deplane in Burbank, Calif ., before continuing to Oakland, the two men somehow began exchanging blows. The jet had just landed at the Burbank Airport when two men got into it. This is not the first time airlines have been involved in a fight between their passengers or with the crew. Cable is still in custody at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles without bail under a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation hold, ...